Kelty’s Winning Tent, The Salida 2 Gives A Good Sign Of Commitment To Good Quality

Kelty is proud to claim the Salida 2 tent has been named a 2011 receiver of Backpacker magazine’s renowned Editors’ Choice Award in recognition of the tent’s capability to produce exceptional performance at an affordable price.

Having a simple and easy, two-pole dome design and style, the $159 Salida 2 is mostly a single door, single vestibule shelter featuring a spacious interior for comfy overnights to the trail or at the local campground. A full-coverage fly brings weather protection while mesh wall panels keep the tent well ventilated.

“When looking at outdoor gear, the editors at Backpacker Magazine are a few of essentially the most knowledgeable and familiar with the industry. We are ecstatic and privileged to be awarded this recognition,” said Sue Timbo, marketing director with Kelty. “Winning this award exhibits Kelty’s continued dedication to good quality, very affordable outdoor gear.”

The Backpacker Editors’ Choice Awards, presented annually since 1993, honor the products that Backpacker editors have selected as being the best of the year determined by months of trail testing by teams of remarkably expert hikers and climbers. Without any set categories for the awards without any set number of recipients, the products and also the testing procedure drive the award categories. The Salida 2 was certainly one of only 13 innovative products that have been completely honoured having a 2011 Backpacker Editors’ Choice Award.

Backpacker Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Dorn with his fantastic staff of editors given this award to Sierra Designs in the annual Outdoor Retailer Winter Market trade show in Salt Lake City, Utah on January 20, 2011. Presented to receive the award were Sue Timbo and Kelty tents product manager Phil Mesdag.

“BACKPACKER gear reviews have many imitators, a number of competitors, without any equals,” said Backpacker Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Dorn. “That’s because no other magazine or website conducts in-depth field-testing as vigorously or impartially given that the crew headed by Gear Editor Kristin Hostetter. Using a core team containing several centuries of overall trail time, as well as first descents, generations of retail valuable experience, and knowledge in most backcountry discipline, Kristin applies new products through an unmatched level of real-world abuse in most terrain and weather imaginable. She likewise oversees a translucent procedure that has acquired an incomparable amount of confidence from readers, retailers, and manufacturers. The results are testimonials that encourage customers to smart, long lasting products that constantly establish their value with several years of best-in-class effectiveness.”

All winners must excel using extensive field-testing conducted by Backpacker’s team of editors, having lots of new items annually into the backcountry to put them to test. This rigorous process ensures that the efficiency of the winners is truly worthy of distinction and matches the guiding principle behind the program: gear that may be of true value on the readers of Backpacker magazine, who are very active, long-term outdoor enthusiasts.

The total range of Backpacker 2011 Editors’ Choice Award winners will probably be formally announced to the public at the magazine’s April Gear Guide issue, on newsstands March 9, 2011.

KELTY is situated in Boulder, Colorado, and makes use of the natural backdrop of the Rocky Mountains to test, create and continually innovate of their various outdoor product groups of Backcountry, Trail, Vintage, Lighting, Basecamp and KIDS. Kelty integrates the best quality in new technology that has a healthy dose of common sense to generate extraordinarily made, affordably priced outdoor goods. For more information on Kelty Shiro tent, please visit to www.kelty.com, or contact 800.423.2320.